.ESL Syllabi.
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Intermediate Levels
Intermediate Levels
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Communication/ Self-Introduction/ Getting to know
you
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Student passport
Getting to know you questionnaire Interview Questions Posters
Nada's Mission Statement
Journal:
Mission Statement- Paragraph about oneself / expectations
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describe others and their hobbies and interests
communicate in oral form, with reasonable accuracy, in authentic cultural contexts, and participate in conversational exchanges. introduce a friend or stranger to another person listen to statements and questions and extract meaning listen to dialogues and extract essential information attempt to communicate effectively while speaking at an acceptable level of accuracy ask and answer questions related to a given situation, and make comments about a familiar topic of interest to students their age master new vocabulary, phrases, and structures, and use them correctly in context structure logical chains of thought, express themselves coherently and clearly, listen to the ideas of others, and think about their audience when they write or speak. generate explanations, formulate questions, and write arguments use internet resources to gather cultural information, realia, photographs, schedules, maps and other relevant materials to assist in this course. |
Who am I?
Who are the members of my family? How do I relate with them? Where am I from? What are the characteristics of my country? What is the difference between my country and Lebanon? What do I think about Lebanon? What do I think about the USA? Have I been there? If not, would I like to visit it? What is the difference between my culture and the American/Lebanese ones? Who are my friends? What are my hobbies? Why do I like practicing them? Why did I come to ACS? How long have I been here? Do I like it here? How do I compare ACS with other schools I have attended? What kind of problems have I encountered here? What have I done to solve them? Did I ever seek help? Would I? What are my expectations for this course? What kind of questions do I ask when interviewing someone?
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General
revision:
*Sentence, Verb, Tenses *Agreement of tenses (present, past, future) *Question words *Interrogative/negative forms *Linking/transition words |
Introducing oneself/others
Interview Questions Interview writing +
Videotaping students interviewing each other.
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Interview
Poster Journal Portfolio Oral expression Oral presentation
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Religions
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Buddhism
Islam
Christianity
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Tenses => ex. 35 + Spelling
& Irr.Verbs
Tenses => ex. 51
Links p.324 |
Description
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Self-esteem
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Build Up Your Self-esteem
The Misery of Shyness
What are you afraid of?
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Links + Relatives
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Narration- Advice
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Habits
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Getting Organized
Burning Up Money & Yourself (Smoking)
Life Story or Order
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Tags + Articles + Modals
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Essay
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Relationships
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The Value of Friendship
Finding the Right Girl
Short Stories: The Lady or the Tiger/ The Devil’s
Gift/ Midnight Visitor/ The Necklace
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Prep + Passive
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Essay/ Short story
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Teens & Freedom
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Youth Rights
The Adolescent Years
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Gerunds + Sing/Plur
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Narrative Elements
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Parents & Children
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“Mc Cartney: I am as scared as any parent”
“If I were starting my family again”
Parent's Creed
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Comparisons
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Essay
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Attitudes & Values
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"Attitudes to Life"
Advice
Moral Issues
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Direct/Indirect
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Research
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Advanced Level
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Communication/ Self-Introduction
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Interview
Posters
Journal
Portfolio
[Journal Theme = Mission
Statement – Information about oneself/expectations]
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Revision:
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Summary + Oral Presentation
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Religions
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Buddhism
Islam
Christianity
[Journal Theme = Religions - The world in 100 years]
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Homonyms
p 19 ex 14 => 16 + p 20 Test /
Links p 72 ex 3 + p74 Test / Prepositions Book p 22 #2] Sing-Plur p 105 + IRR. Verbs Book p 250 => K Much-Many-Little-Few p 79 #2 / Plural Book p 27 #1 Much-Many B p 171 #3 + Idioms p 27 |
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Teens & Freedom
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“New Barriers, New Battles”
[Journal Theme = Freedom]
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Idioms p 32 ex 6-7 + Tests p 34, 42 / Articles p
83 ex 4]
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Parents & Children
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"What
do parents owe their children?”
"Spock's Guide to Parent Care” [Journal Theme = How any family can be happy + Test your family habits] [Journal Theme = Poem: "Parent's Creed"+ Children's Creed] |
Tenses
p 99 ex 3 (Perf.) + p101 ex 4 (Fut)
Passive B p 44 #3/ Gerund p103 ex 5 / Gerund + verbs not to confuse |
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Parents & Children
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"Make your child a leader"
[Journal Theme = Song "The Sound of Silence"] [Journal Theme = Leadership / Blessed is the Leader who] [Journal Theme = Advice for parents or children / Song Analysis or Writing] [Journal Theme = Affirmation] |
Sing-Plur p 106 ex 7-8 + Prompts Book p 79 #3
+ B p 119 #4
Listening p 49 (Test: main point) - p 54 ex 1 (inferences) + p55/56 (Tests on meaning + long conversations) / Conditional Book p 109 #3] |
Point of view Characters + Setting + Tone &
Mood + Plot
Summarize the movie +
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Terrorism
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Adj. B p 39 ex 1 + Numbers B p 118/9 # 1-2
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Passive Resistance
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"Gandhi" (+ Commentary on a text)
Picture page 152- Commentary
“Martin Luther King” & Rosa Parks
"Japanese Strike"
[Journal Theme = Song: I wish I knew how it would feel to be free] [Journal Theme = Gandhi # Song "Holding out for a Hero"] [Journal Theme = Song: "The Power of the Dream"] [Journal Theme = Japanese Style in Decision Making / 10 Commandments of Good Business] |
Listening
Main Point p 60 ex 1-2 + p 63 ex 3 / Test und. meaning p 63 / Explain Adj
& Numbers]
Tenses & Compr.B p 51 #1 / Adj + Numbers + Passive B p 162 #2 Adv. p 116 (Test) + Comparisons p 125 (Test)
Have;get.. B p 35 #3 + Let;leave B p 191 #1 + Misused Words pp134 Links Test p 132 +M isused Words p 140 ex1 + Ex Verbs not to confuse + Inversion p 144 ex 3-4 + B p 156 #2] Prepositions B p 93 #1 + Dir-Ind B p 178 #1 |
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Writing
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"How to write with style”
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Phrasal Verbs
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